About Vienna

There is hardly another city in the world where you will find more green areas than in Vienna.

Parks and gardens enrich the city, encouraging to take long walks, hiking and bike tours or simply to enjoy a relaxing time in the nearby Prater, Vienna Woods and Lobau leisure areas. The same is true for the beaches and river banks of Old Danube, the Danube Island or the Danube Canal.

The Austrian aviation enterprises set activities for environmental and climate protection. The needed kerosene is pumped via a pipeline to the Vienna Airport instead of being delivered with fuelling vehicles. This contributes to a relief of the heavy traffic on the road. Since 2008 the Vienna Airport also operates natural gas vehicles.
The nearby refinery Schwechat supplies the Vienna Airport with district heating by the surplus of their process heat which therefore does not need to be cooled down with additional energy and thus brings a double positive environmental effect.
The drinking water and the water for industrial purposes derive from four own groundwater wells.
Waste separation not only takes place on the ground but also already in the air. Austrian Airlines and the Vienna Airport have developed a disposal logistics which now has validity for all airlines arriving at Vienna.
In addition Austrian Airlines works on measurements like reduction of kerosene consumption, CO2 emissions reduction, cleaning without chemicals and reduction of residual waste. In addition, they offer their passengers the possibility to neutralize the negative impact on the environment for the booked flight with a certain voluntary amount that is donated to Climate Austria.

With more than 80% coverage of all mobility needs of the Viennese population, the Wiener Linien (Vienna Transport Authority) network ranks among the best developed in the world.
Wiener Linien have committed themselves to act according the propositions supply security, environmental sustainability, economical and social responsibility and have been awarded in 2001 from the Climate Alliance Austria for their achievements.
Measures like the operation of the motorbus fleet with liquid gas, the partial energy recovery in the electric circuit as well as the use of solar energy for the water heating and support of the heating of some underground stations contribute substantially to the climate protection. Furthermore car washing facilities have been changed to water reprocessing and vehicles running with diesel were partly substituted with battery operated vehicles.
To guarantee smooth arrival and departure at mega events such as concerts, the operation of vehicles and the amount of employees on duty is increased. More and more tickets include the reference "valid as ticket in Vienna" and hence can be used on all public transportation 2 hours before and up to 6 hours after the start of the event.

The bicycle has reached an important place in the metropolitan area and therefore contributes substantially to climate protection in Vienna. The goal of the city of Vienna is to increase the traffic share of bicycles to 8% of the entire traffic volume until 2015. Currently the bicycle traffic network covers more than 1,000 kilometres.
Besides various bike rental outlets, the Citybikes have been introduced in 2003. At 60 bike stations bicycles can be rent and also returned. Within the first hour, the use is free of charge. The only condition is a one-time registration via Cash Card, Citybike-Card or Credit Card.
For a particularly environmental friendly transfer within Vienna, there is the so called FAXI available - the bicycle taxi.

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Public holidays 2016:
New Year's Day: 1 January
Epiphany: 6 January
Easter Monday: 28 March
National Holiday: 1 May
Ascension Day: 5 May
Whit Monday: 16 May
Corpus Christi: 26 May
Assumption of the Virgin Mary: 15 August
National Holiday: 26 October
All Saints' Day: 1 November
Immaculate Conception: 8 December
Christmas Day: 25 December
Boxing Day: 26 December

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There are not many Convention Bureau’s in cities that work like yourselves and it is refreshing to see that there are convention bureau’s out there that are extremely helpful with international businesses working in their city!

The team at UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry organizes events of varying sizes across the globe. This year alone, we are organizing conferences in Jakarta, Oman, Malmö, Shanghai, Bogota (with a local partner) Seoul and Geneva. We have just successfully terminated a CEO conference in Vienna.

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The Vienna City Administration continuously strives to offer a number of different services for people with special needs, ranging from accessible sidewalks to the special markings in underground stations for the visually impaired.Many of the important museums and sights in Vienna are housed in historical buildings, therefore barrier-free access cannot always be guaranteed. Nevertheless, in most cases ways have been found to grant access.The Vienna airport and the airlines offer a special mobility service; the check-in counters are reachable at ground level or from the parking garage via elevators, the departure gates at the same level.
Vienna's public transportation system is almost entirely accessible. All underground stations have an elevator and about 80% of all stations have "guiding strips" for the visually impaired. "Low floor" vehicles operate on almost all streetcar and bus lines in Vienna to make it easier for people with restricted mobility to board and alight.
There are special guided city tours offered for guests with special needs.

Who does not need a visa
Citizens of all countries of the European Union, Switzerland, Croatia, Israel, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, most of the countries of North and South America and some other countries do not need a visa, only a valid passport is required to enter Austria. In case of doubt please contact the Austrian Consulate or Embassy well in advance before departure.
Visa-free travel is allowed with a biometric passport for citizens from the following countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia.

Who needs a visa
Travellers requiring a visa can travel freely throughout the Schengen zone for three months with a Schengen visa issued by any Schengen country. Obtaining a visa entitling you to visit one Schengen country automatically entitles you to travel to and from all the other Schengen countries too.
Further information about visa regulations and Schengen visas can be found on the website of the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs.
Current member countries of the Schengen treaty are Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.